Originally Posted by
figheadair
Which highlights the point that in Gaelic, like English or any other language, there is no such thing as standard pronunciation. I recall a native speaker from Harris who referred to Lewis Gaelic as
New Gaelic.
And in Lewis, everytime I came up with a word from what I had learned beforehand, they said that was Right Gaelic.
(Please don't think that happened a lot. I was/am not fluent, and never had a huge vocabulary)
"There is no merit in being wet and/or cold and sartorial elegance take second place to common sense." Jock Scot
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